Local Briefing March 26: Pistol Safety Class offered by police; Broadway workshop set for children; Cerebral Palsy fund to benefit from event

The Novi Police Department will be offering a Civilian Pistol Safety Class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 20 at the Novi Police Department Training Center located at 45125 W. Ten Mile Road.

The course fulfills both the classroom and shooting requirements to obtain a Michigan Concealed Pistol License. Registration forms are available online at cityofnovi.org and at the Novi Police Department.

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Completed registration forms and the $200 course fee (cash or money order), may be returned to the Novi Police Department. Class size is limited, and all participants are subject to a criminal background check.

Participants must be 21 years old and do not need to be a Novi resident to attend. For more information, visit cityofnovi.org or contact Sergeant Michael Warren at mwarren@cityofnovi.org or 248-347-0572.

NEW BALTIMORE

Water crew looking for watercraft riders

The Water Warriors recruitment meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the VFW Hall in New Baltimore.

The 23rd annual, 5-day, 350-mile Water Warriors Mackinaw Ride begins at 7 a.m. in Mackinaw City on Monday, July 29. The Water Warriors ride personal watercraft the entire length of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River before ending August 2 at Brown's Waterfront Bar on Harsens Island at noon.

For information about becoming a Water Warrior, contact Coordinator Wendy May at 810-499-9508.

-- Special writer Stacy Egerton

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP

Church to host Easter service

Faith Church of Waterford will hold its Easter service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Waterford Kettering High School, 2800 Kettering Drive, Waterford Township.

There will be volunteers on hand to assist in parking and getting people into the building.

A nursery will be provided and a special gathering for children also is planned. Faith Church currently has four gatherings each weekend but it wants to create an extraordinary event for this extra special holiday weekend. There also will be a Good Friday service at noon Friday at Faith Church, 3411 Airport Road, Waterford Township. For more information, contact Faith Church at 248-623-7330.

-- Special writer Ashley Young

DETROIT

Broadway workshop set for children

Registration is open for Broadway Workshop's Musical Theater Intensive, which will allow participants (ages 9-17) of all skill levels to take center stage and participate in special theatrical workshops.

The opportunity is presented by Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit in cooperation with Broadway in Detroit and will be the first time for Broadway Workshop to come to Detroit.

Campers will take center stage performing in two different hit Broadway musical medleys specifically arranged for the workshop.

Broadway Workshop's Summer Musical Theatre Intensive will take place from Aug. 5 to 9 at Detroit School of Arts, 123 Selden Street in Detroit, adjacent to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Max M. Fisher Center.

Skate Without Limits, the United Cerebral Palsy's annual local fundraiser, will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 at Viking Arena 1555 East Woodard Heights, Hazel Park.

Tickets cost $10 per person or $25 for a Family Pack that gives entrance to up to five people. Children ages five and under are free. There is an Afterglow Pizza Party for $10 per person. Sled hockey starts at 4 p.m., followed by Red Wings Alumni vs. UCP Pucksters at 6 p.m.

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2013 Mariam C. Noland Award for Nonprofit Leadership Award.

The award recognizes a nonprofit president or CEO in southeast Michigan whose service exemplifies the importance of nonprofit leadership.

Nominations must be made through the Foundation's online application at www.cfsem.org by April 1.

The Community Foundation will make a one-time grant of $10,000 to the recipient's nonprofit organization to allow him or her to attend professional continuing education, take a personal sabbatical for career rejuvenation, or engage in philanthropic leadership activities. For more information, visit www.cfsem.org.

-- Staff writer Kathy Blake

TROY

Polish craft show set for Saturday

The American Polish Cultural Center Spring Craft Show is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the American Polish Cultural Center, 2975 E. Maple Road, Troy. Admission is $1.50. There will be booths selling jewelry, wood, apparel and floral goods, as well as fine art booths. For exhibitor space, contact Joe at 810-658-8080 or 810-658-0440.

-- Special writer Ashley Young

Colorectal cancer kit available

McLaren Oakland is teaming with McLaren Cancer Institute, and the American Cancer Society to offer free at-home colorectal cancer screening kits to people age 50 and older or people who have a family history of colorectal cancer during March, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

The painless test takes just a few minutes and can be performed in the privacy and convenience of home. To request a kit, call 1-855-552--5669 or visit mclaren.org/cancer.

-- Staff writer Diana Dillaber Murray

SOUTHFIELD/ ROYAL OAK

Blood drive takes place April 4

In cooperation with the American Red Cross and the Royal Oak/Southfield Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community college students, the Student LIFE Office at Oakland Community College's Royal Oak/Southfield Campus has scheduled blood drives from noon to 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 at the Southfield Campus 22322 Rutland Drive A Building, Room 129.

Donors may schedule an appointment at www.redcrossblood.org using the sponsor code OCCSF. Donations at the Royal Oak campus will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8 at 739 South Washington, Royal Oak. Donors may schedule an appointment at www.redcrossblood.org using the sponsor code OCCRO.